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Stock upgrades and downgrades: DKS, STT, JPM, SLB, BTU, APC, BHI, BJS

Posted by Michael on October 15th, 2009

A lot of big name stocks received upgrades and downgrades today. Here are a few such stocks:

Analyst upgrades:

  • Dick’s Sporting Goods (NYSE: DKS) was upgraded today to Neutral from Underperform by Buckingham.
  • State Street Corp (NYSE: STT) was upgraded by CLSA to Outperform from Underperform and the broker lifted its price target on the stock to $62 from $45.
  • JP Morgan Chase (NYSE: JPM) received an upgrade today from Fox-Pitt to Outperform from In Line with a $55 price target.
  • Schlumberger (NYSE SLB) was upgraded by Citigroup today to Buy from Hold and the broker boosted its price target on the stock to $80 from $56.

Analyst downgrades:

  • Peabody Energy Corp. (NYSE: BTU) was downgraded by Davenport from a Buy to Neutral
  • Andarko Petroleum (NYSE: APC) downgraded by JP Morgan to Neutral from Overweight
  • Baker Hughes (NYSE: BHI) was lowered today by Citigroup to a Sell from Hold and the broker left its price target on the stock steady at $39.
  • BJ Services (NYSE: BJS) downgraded by Citigroup to Sell from Hold and the broker lowered its price target on the stock to $14 from $16.

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Stock upgrades this morning

Posted by Michael on October 24th, 2008

It has definitely been a tough market lately, and today looks like another market crash, but we have here a few stocks that were upgraded this morning, and should have OK days as a result

  • Chico’s FAS (CHS) : Thomas Weisel lifted its rating on the stock to a market weight.
  • Estee Lauder (EL) : Piper Jaffray lifted its rating on the stock from a sell rating to a neutral.
  • Jetblue (JBLU) : JPMorgan lifts its rating on the stock to a overweight.
  • Trimble Navigation (TRMB) : Oppenheimer lifts this stock to an outperform

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